Wasn't CDP in some sort of financial trouble itself a while ago, though? 1.7M isn't bad, but I would have expected a little higher actually. I hope it's enough for them. Well I guess not being a US developer still is a bit of a disadvantage, even now.

Yes the studio had some financial troubles.
The first Witcher came with some development videos , in one of them they said that they used a Chinese studio to make the models ( and all the NPC models they made were looking Chinese LOL ) , it is likely that they are keeping costs down by moving work here and there.

Afaik, it was around 25 million, but Polish zloty, not dollars.
Meaning, the cost was around 7 million dollars.

Sorry what they spent is the equivalent of $10 million USD here. I don't know what the port job cost though. Remember this is an estimate as I can't find any more proof anywhere else. This was gathered from forums and various news sites

They have always had huge obstacles to overcome and better be budget conscious irregardless of sales. The biggest, it's not their license and secondly it is/was an obscure series internationally.

That doesn't even get to the sales limiting game designs, which were aimed at the hardcore audience. Not to mention their Much Too Strict adherence to the series, just to please an even smaller base of book fans will ALWAYS keep this an obscure title with no hope of being a breakout success.

I'm glad they are working on something else, maybe this time they won't constantly handicap themselves.

— Trust me, most of the names I have been called you can't translate in any language…they're not even real words as much as a succession of violent images.

Would it be fair to assume the XBOX360 version wasn't as successful as they'd want?

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I'd just like to interject here and point out that I'm not going to say anything to spoil the mood, Chief. I'll just float here and watch. Don't mind me, just sitting here, floating and watching, that's me.

— “ Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.“ (E.F.Schumacher, Economist, Source)